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Comment by gorgoiler

My fun Mosquito fact that I like to share: there was a variant adapted with a 57mm artillery piece, the “QF six pounder”:

https://www.combatreform.org/cannonfighter.htm

(Good photos, odd article.)

It carried 24 rounds and the pilot said it felt like the aircraft slowed down every time they fired a round. (Which I can’t believe is true but it’s a worthy bon not from my late grandfather who was an engineer in the war.)

parent gorgoiler 3 years ago

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